Saba Nitsuke (Japanese Fish in Sake-Soy Sauce)

Japanese Dinner Recipes

1/2 lb fresh mackerel 1 c sake 1/2 c mirin (sweet cooking wine) 1/2 c dark soy sauce 3 Tbsp finely slivered ginger 1 Tbsp sugar cooked rice

In a saucepan with a wide heavy base, pour sake, bring just to a boil. Arrange fish in pan, skin side up. Return to boil. Add mirin, heat briefly. Add soy sauce. Arrange slivered ginger over the fish, bring to a boil again. Sprinkle sugar evenly over top. Weight fish down, so it stays below cooking liquid. Use a pot lid or something. Simmer gently for 11 minutes. Remove from heat. Serve at once with rice.

Submitted by Gretchen Grant
Contributed on: Tuesday May 11th, 2004 and modified on Tuesday February 21st, 2006